Food-tray



M'. G'. CHESS;

FOOD TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1919.

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Application filed September 19, 1919. Serial No. 324,868.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATTIE G. CHESS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Food- Trays, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in foodtrays having novel means forpreventing ants from gaining access to food carried by the tray.

An important Object of this invention is to provide a food tray having a liquid trough arranged about its edges whereby ants are prevented from crawling to the upper side of the tray and attacking food.

which may be mounted on the tray.

A further object of the invention is to provide a food tray having a continuous trough about its outer side, the outer side of said trough being spaced below the plane of the tray so that ants cannot crawl from the outer side of the trough to any dishes which may project beyond the side of the tray.

A further object of the invention is to provide a food tray having a depending trough arranged about its sides for spacing the tray proper, upwardly from a table whereby hot dishes carried by the tray will be prevented from burning the table.

A turther object of the invention is to provide a food tray having a depending trough arranged about its sides and adapted to function as a handle for carrying the tray. 1

A further object of the invention is to provide a food tray which is cheap to manufacture of highly simplified construction and efficient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course bodying my invention,

of the following description.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, 7

Figure 1 is a plan view of a trough cm- Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a; preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 generally designates my improved tray which is adapted to be stamped from a singlerpiece ATENT of sheet metal such as pressed steel or the like. The body 6 of the tray may be of any desired shape and is provided with a pluj rality of spaced parallel corrugations 7 adapted to strengthen thetray whereby the same will be enabled to support articles of considerable weight. The corrugations 7 alsoserve as a means for retaining the drippings from the food carried by the dish mounted upon the tray.

As illustrated in Fig; 2 a trough 8 is ar ranged about the tray and is provided by a bendin or stamping the end portions of the tray. Ihe trough 8 is approximately U shaped in cross section and has its outer side 9 provided, with a rolled or beadedfupper edge 10. The rolled edge 10 of the trough provides a smooth edge which prevents the trough from cutting into the hands when.

picking up the tray. As illustrated in detail in Fig. 2, the upper edge'of the outer side A 9 of the trough is bent inwardly slightly, as

indicated at 11, for preventing the water or other liquid within the trough from splashing out of the trough.

It will be noted that the upper edge of the outer side 9 of the trough is disposed below the plane; of the tray so "that it is impossible for ants or other insects tocrawl from the upper edge of the outer side 9't o any. dishes or other receptacles which may be mounted on thetray in the event'that said dishes extend beyond-the side of the f e I I .90

tray.

The trough 8 alsospaces the body of the It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is.

to be taken .as the preferredexample of'the same and that such minor changesand ar tray from a table or other support on which I the tray is mountedso that in the event that rangement in the construction of parts may:

be made as will remain within the spirit of the invention and the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention,

is claimed as new is: I A pressed metal article of manufacture g V Y r 1,351,285

Comprising asheet metal blank formed into insects are prevented from crawling from a tray-having a raised food platform prothe outer side of the trough'ito dishes mountvided With depressed reinforcing corrugaed upon the. platform and projecting beyond 10 tions constituting essence receiving means, the same. 5-the edges of the blank being-turnedup- In testimony Whereof I afiix my'signature.

Wardly to provide aninsecticide trough below the level of the food platform whereby MATTIE G. CHESS. s]- 

